Mechanical movement.



J. H.. FLOWERS. MECHANICAL MOYEMEN T.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1906. 905,683. Patented Dec. 1,1908.

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ATTORNEYS J. H., FLOWERS. MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.-

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4 1906. 905,683.,

Patented Dec. 1,1908.

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J54 mum/5335s 5% 46 41' lA/VENTOr? ATTORNEYS ll STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JUllh ll. FLOWERS, OF ENTERPRISE, OREGON, ASSIGNOR Ol OIv ll-l-lAIiF TOOF ENTERPRISE, OREGOX.

MECHANICAL MOVEMENT.

scripti on. This in reaction relates to mechanical movemerits and.is'particularly useful in connection with washing machines, churns, anddevices of similar character in which an alternating rotary movement ofcertain parts is des reci proca then ant The obi red, or in whichcertain parts are to be .ly rotated in one direction and l v of theinvention is to provide a simple and efficient mechanical movement fordriving washing machines churns or devices of similar character from acontinuous uninterrupted rotary motion, and giving the certain parts analternating rotary move in eiit.

The invention consists in the construction and combination o't parts, tobe more fully described hereinafter and directly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanymg drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in

which siniilar characters of reforence indicate coriespondiiig parts inall the figures.

I I I iguie 1 is a side elevation of my device,

showing; parts of the same in one position; Fig. 2 is a s milar View,SllOWlllQ a part of the ca si 'tion of n View, and l tainer.

lteferri n away and the container in ion; his. 3 is an end elevt iynvention; l i 4 is a top plan I; is a cross section of the conno moreparticulai'lyto the parts, dards of the usual construction, h ing theirbases 2 adapted to be securely attached to a lloor,

and having;' bearings b at their upper ends.

A shaft 4. is rotatably mounted in the bearings 25 and extends thesupports 1. mounted betwe n i laterally beyond oneof A. cylindricalcasing 5 is he supports 1, the shaft 4 passes therethrough and isadapted to rotate Within suitable openings.provided for the purpose inthe sides 6.

The casin is held rig-id to prevent its rotation with the shaft 4 bymeans between t bolt bars Textending he supports 1 and abutting againstSpecification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 1906.Serial No. 533,084.

"7 the lower portion of the casing. The under JOHN O. BUTTER,

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

side of the casing is provided with a steam 1nlct 8 and a steam outlet9, toperm-it steam to enter the same and escape therefrom for thepurpose of heating A door or lid 10 is pr the casing of hinges 11 and alatch container of the W the device interiorly. ovided in the side ofand is secured in place by means 12 of the usual conholes 16 to permitthe entrance Within the ater and soap-suds with which the casing ispartially filled when the device is in operation, as Well as more thor-'oughly to permit The container has a lid or door 17 s it. by means ofhinges usual construction.

the steam to heat the same. ecured to 18. and a latch 19 of the Thearrangement is such that in a certain position of the container thc'doortherein and the door of the casing to permit the placing in or takingregister, out of the clothes or other washed.

Rigidly shaft 1-, support objects to be The shaft 4- passes through thecontainer as well as the casing.

mounted upon the end of'the which projects laterally beyond the 1, is aflat member 21.

Mounted upon the outer face of the member and projecting perpendicularlyof pins of a circle h therefrom is a SEIlES 22 arranged successively inthe arc avinp its center at the center of the shaft 4. A similarlycurved plate or bar 23 having a plurality of per ed to fit connectsthese en stitutc a dpubleupon the ends of the cn 'a 'cd on either faceby a .iinion.

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member portion, and of 21 has a proj and a progection at the member.

The

ection 24 near its upper the opposite An arm 26 extends from the supportadjacent to the member 21 carrying at its free e whit-lithe proyection2-.

limiting the rotation of the shaft 4. arm 26 has lateral pro]cctions 29.The pro- 29 are PIOYltlGCl with openings jcctions within which is a rod30 having at its A. helical spring 32 surrounds the stop 31.

rod 30 between the projections 29.

nd a pin 27, against l is adapted to abut,

The

end a.

The

forations adaptpins rigidly ds of the pins. which confaced rack adaptedto be arrangement is such that the projection o1- tne member ".41. abutsagainst tne stop at) when the member is I'ULLLQVU to a certaln PUSLLIOH,and by this means the rotation is lilllltbCl. t collar 33 l'lglulymounted on the rod between the pro ections 2.? compresses tne. springwhen the member 21 snakes the Stop 01., whereby the rdLaLlOl'l is stoped nun llbLle ul' no Jar, tne spring'prouomg a Uub'LJJUIUllg eit'ect. N

A. buplPvL'b 3e aua teu LU be secured to a .tloUI and Mining U .|\\'u1'uiy extending 3.11115 35 piouueu at lhbil' upper ends with nearings at)is located near Llle member 21. A Silent 54 is rocatabiy mounted withinthe bearings be and has an end projecting laterally beyond thebearings-remote Iroin the member 21, and upon this projecting end ismounted a pulley on, to which power may be applied in the usual mannerby means of a. belt: joined ty eno. plates at whicn are bolted in place,is puotany mounted upon the shaft 34. Upon the sides of the bracket arebolted edge plates a2, between which and the sides 40 are formedbearings 43, 44: and 15. By means-of the bearings 43 the bracket is'pivotally mounted upon the shaft 37, upon which is also rigidly secureda pinion 4:6. '1 he pinion 46 meshes with a second-pinion at? mounted inthe bearings 44, which in turn meshes with a pinion 48 in the bearings45. The shaft 1-9 of the pinion 48 extends toward the member 21 and hasmounted thereon a pinion 50,the teeth of which are adapted to engagewith the pins consti tuting the rack upon the member 21. It will beunderstood that the bracket 39 can be pivoted about the shaft 37: andwhen the pinion 504engages the under face of the rack, the end of thebracket will be slightly depressed, while' if the pinion 50 engages withthe opposite side of the rack the end of the bracket will.correspondingly be raised.

Airupright 51 is secured to the floor near the end of the bracket 39,and has a plate 52 with laterally disposed ends 53, through which passesin suitable openings a rod 54 having an end adapted to abut against theunder side of the bracket. A helical spring 55 surrounds the rod betweenthe ends 53, and abuts against a rigid collar 56. upon the rod. Thetension of the spring forces the rod upwardly against the underside ofthe bracket, thus pressing the gear wheel 50 upwardly against the underside of the rack when the engagement of the pinion is with that face ofthe rack. -The rotation of the pulley 47 is transmitted through theintervening pinions to the pinion 50. As this rotates it rotates themember -21 through the rack, the latter moving with the rotation of thepinion 50. When the last pin of the rack reaches the pinion, the samepivots about that A bracket 39, having its sides 10 last pin, and as thebracket is forced upward the pinion simply turns about the last pin ontothe upper side of the rack with which it meshes, thereby rotating themember 21 in an opposite direction. When the pin at the other end of therack reaches the pinion the same operation is gone through in a reversedirection, the pinion merely pivoting about the last pin of the rack, tomesh therewith,

- of the member 21 and the shaft 4, to which. the latter is secured. 'Atthe upper'end of the upright 51 is a toe 57 adapted to engaee with aprojection 58 upon the bracket 39, to limit the upward movement of thelatter, thereby insuring that the pinion 50 will not be thrown .out ofmesh with the uppen face of the rack by the upward pressure of thespring 55. The arrangement is such that as one end of the rack reachesthe pinion 50 the projection 24 strikesagainst the pin 27, therebystopping the rotation of the member 21, while the pinion 5O pivots aboutthe end pin onto the other faceof'the rack. Similarly, when the oppositeend of the rack reaches the. pinion 50 the projection 25 strikes thestop 31, to stop the rotation of the member The construction andarrangement of the details of the washing machine are such that when thepinion 50 meshes with the rack side 14 of the container is substantiallyhorizontal, and when the pinion is at the end of with the horizontal isa maximum; thus the clothes or'other objects-within the container arenot rolled about,--but are allowed to drop from one side to the other ofthe container,

the water and soap-suds, WlliUil are agitated within the same andthrough the openings 'm its sides. The cleats 15 upon the side 14 Withinthe container near one end thereof,

mum inclination, thereby permitting the ob- The casing 5 is providedwith a drain faucet 59 on its under side, by means of which the casingmay be emptied of the water there within when the device is in use.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a driven shaft, a memberrigid with ally therefrom constituting a double-faced rack, a pivotedbracket having a pinion adapted to engage with each face -01' said rack,means for rotating said pinion, means for limiting the rotation of saidshaft, and means for normally forcing said bracket toward said .member.

the rack, the inclination of the fiat.- side l t.

thereby thoroughly coming in contact with.

said shaft and having pinsprojectng later-' and again reverses thedirection of rotation near the middle point of the latter, the flat arefor the purpose of holding the objects while the flat side isapproaching its maXijects to drop from one side to the other.

2. A device of the class described, comprising a frame having stops, adriven shaft, a member rigid with said shaft and having projections,said member further having a double-faced rack, a pivoted bracket havinga pinion-adapted to engage with each face of said rack',.saidprojections being adapted .to engage said stops to limit the rotation ofmeans for rotating said pinion.

4. A device of the class described, comprising a frame having stops,'adriven shaft, a member-rigid with said shaft and having a double-facedrack, said member having projections adapted to engage said stops tolimit the rotation of said member, a bracket piyotally mounted near saidmember and a pinion "thereon adapted to engage with each face ofsaidrack, means for rotating said pinion, means for forcing said bracketto-- wards said rack, and a stop for'limiting the upward movement ofsaid bracket.

5. A device of the class described, com prising a frame, a driven shaft,a member rigid with said shaft, said member having 'a double-faced rackand projections, stops on said frame adapted to engage with saidprojections to limit the rotation of said member, a pinion movable in asubstantially vertical direction and adapted to engage with each face ofsaid rack, and means for rotating said pinion.

i 6. A device ofgthe class described, comprising a driven shaft, amember rigid with said shaft, said member having projections and adouble-faced rack, an arm having a pin adapted to engage with one ofsaid projections, and a rod adapted to engage with another of saidprojections, a spring adapted to resist the movement of said rod, apinion adapted to engage each face of-said rack, and means for roLatingsaid pinion.

7. A device of the class described, comprising a driven shaft, a memberrigid with said shaft and having a double-faced rack, a support, adriving shaft carried by said support, a bracket mounted upon saiddriving shaft, a pinion mounted upon said driving shaft, a second pinioncarried by said bracket and adapted to engage with each face of saidrack, means for transmitting the rotation of said first pinion to saidsecond pinion, and means for operating said driving shaft.

8. A device of the class described, comprising a drivenshaft, .a memberrigid with said shaft, a double-faced rack formed in the arc of a'circleand mounted on said member, a support, a bracket pivotally mounted uponsaid support, a pinion carried bysaid bracket and adapted to engage witheach face of said rack, means for rotating said pinion, a

spring adapted to force said bracket upwardly, and a stop adapted tolimit the up ward movement of said bracket.v

9. 'A device of the class described, comprising a driven shaft, a memberrigid with said shaft, said member having laterallyprojecting pinsconstituting a double-faced rack formed in the are of a circle, a pinionmovable in a substantially vertical direction and adapted to engage witheach face of said rack, said pinion being adapted to pivot about an endpin of said rack to travel from one face to the other face thereof,means for forcing said pinion upwardly, means for limiting the upwardmovement of said pinion, and means for rotating said pinion.

10. A device of the class described, comprising a frame, a driven shaftrotatably mounted upon said frame,'a member rigid with said shaft, adouble-faced rack on said member, a support, a pivot shaft carried bysaid support, a bracket pivotally mounted upon said pivot shaft, apinion carried by said bracket and adapted to engage with each face ofsaid rack, a second pinion upon said pivot shaft, means for transmittingthe rotation of said second inion to said first pinion, means forlimiting the rotation of said member, a spring forcing said bracketupwardly, a stop limiting the upward movement of said bracket, and meansfor rotating said second pinion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of tWo subscribing witnesses.

JOHN H. FLOYVERS. l/Vitnesses S. F. PACE, J no. S. Hooom.

